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General considerations not advice. How you act on them depends on your own circumstances.
Crypto is volatile Aave’s price can move sharply in both directions sometimes within a single trading session. It’s an asset class to approach with capital you’re prepared to see fluctuate in value. General information only not a prediction or recommendation.
General information only, not a prediction or recommendation.
Where it’s held matters Crypto bought on an exchange typically sits on the exchange’s balance sheet. Institutional custody holds your AAVE separately a structural difference worth understanding before you buy.
How custody worksBroker vs exchange Buying Aave through a broker works differently from a self-serve exchange order book. Understanding how the two differ helps you choose the path that fits how you want to buy.
See the differenceLarger trades are different Buying a significant amount of Aave in one go can move an exchange’s order book against you. OTC execution is built for size filling large orders without that market impact.
About OTC tradingAaveA plain-English look at what it is, how it works, and what it's used for, so you can understand the asset before you buy.
Aave (AAVE) is the governance and utility token of the Aave Protocol one of the largest decentralised lending and borrowing platforms in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Originally launched as ETHLend in 2017 and rebranded to Aave in 2020, the protocol enables users to lend digital assets to earn interest or borrow against their existing holdings without a bank or credit check. As of 2026, Aave has secured over $11 billion in total value locked across multiple blockchain networks.
Aave operates as a decentralised liquidity protocol built primarily on Ethereum and deployed across several other networks. Lenders deposit assets into shared liquidity pools and receive aTokens in return interest-bearing tokens that automatically accumulate yield as borrowers pay interest on their loans. Borrowers access funds by depositing collateral a different asset worth more than the amount they wish to borrow. The protocol enforces this overcollateralisation automatically through smart contracts. If the value of a borrower’s collateral falls below a defined threshold, automated liquidations protect the pool from losses. Aave introduced flash loans a novel mechanism allowing users to borrow any amount from the protocol’s liquidity pools within a single transaction, with no collateral required, provided the loan is repaid before the transaction closes. Flash loans are used by developers for arbitrage, collateral swaps, and liquidation strategies.
AAVE’s primary functions are governance participation, staking in the Safety Module, and serving as collateral within the Aave lending markets themselves. Holders who want an active role in the protocol’s direction use their tokens to vote on proposals and treasury decisions. Aave also launched GHO its own overcollateralised, governance-controlled stablecoin. GHO is minted by depositing collateral into Aave’s lending markets. Interest paid on GHO loans flows directly into the Aave Treasury, aligning stablecoin growth with protocol revenue.
• Decentralised lending. Aave is a non-custodial protocol no company holds userfunds. All deposits, loans, and liquidations are executed automatically bysmart contracts on-chain.
• Fixed supply. AAVE has a hard cap of 16 million tokens. No new AAVEwill ever be created beyond this amount, making it one of the moresupply-constrained governance tokens in DeFi.
• Safety Module. Staked AAVE provides a backstop for the protocol inextreme market conditions. Stakers earn rewards in exchange for absorbingpotential losses a built-in decentralised insurance mechanism.
• Flash loans. Aave pioneered uncollateralised flash loans loans thatmust be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction, enablingsophisticated DeFi strategies without capital requirements.
• Multi-chain. Aave is deployed across Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum,Optimism, Avalanche, and other networks making it accessible across thebroader DeFi ecosystem.
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